Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15 per cent last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. The online shopping giant said it emitted 51.17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year, the equivalent of 13 coal burning power plants running for a year. That’s up Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi University will be setting up a School of Climate Change and Sustainability (DSCC&S) under the Institute of Eminence Scheme, which will take up research in priority areas related to the environmental challenges. Professor C R Babu, an acclaimed Environmental Scientist, will head DSCC&S (honorary director). He has also been the founder Read more
NEW DELHI: Adani Green Energy Ltd has bagged the world’s largest solar bid entailing building a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 MW and setting up a domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, envisaging a total investment of roughly $6 billion. Under the offering of domestic manufacturing-linked solar power projects from state-run renewable energy agency SECI Read more
New Delhi: Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) has started preparing power systems for the 21 June annular solar eclipse as it expects a reduction in solar power generation by 11,943 megawatt (MW) across India. The solar eclipse will begin at 09:56 am IST at Dwarka, Gujarat and will end at 14:29 pm IST at Dibrugarh, Assam. Read more
India’s leading solar manufacturers have extended support to the government’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and sought the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) support to provide a level-playing field for realising the full potential of the sunrise sector. Industry players such as Vikram Solar, Webel Solar, and Renewsys in a joint virtual press briefing on Monday also said Read more
The year 2017 saw a dip in investments flowing into the Indian RE sector shown below figure. From a total of USD 13.7 billion investments made in 2016, there was a 20% drop to about USD 10.9 billion investment flow in the year 201711. Out of this, the solar and Read more
Under the CAPEX model (pursued by developers like Sukam, Moserbaer and Tata Power Solar), a consumer purchases a solar rooftop plant like any other electronic gadget by investing in the entire system. The drawback of the model is that rooftop owners have to pay for the entire project at the Read more
Under this model, a third party—a solar power developer installs the plant on the rooftop and sells the generated power to the consumer. The consumer does not have to make any investment. The tariff at which the consumer buys the solar power is mutually agreed upon through a power purchase Read more
The following tests can be conducted using the equipment in the solar kit: 1- Open Circuit Voltage (Voc), Short Circuit Current (Isc) and Insulation Resistance (IR)Test in less than 1 minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=IWFZ39P1nNg . 2- Solar Irradiance, Temperature (PV Module and Ambient), PV Module tilt with direction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HONQ7vxh2Q . 3- Earth Read more